Major stock indexes from Shanghai to Tokyo and Sydney to Hong Kong plunged when they opened on Monday.

The prime minister says the measures are designed to aid the UK motor industry, which has been hit by Trump's tariffs.

The state pension has risen by 4.1% and carers can work more hours will keeping a key benefit.

Business owners have told the BBC their businesses collapsed, blaming the bank's treatment.

The US president describes tariffs, which have sent shockwaves through global stock markets, as "medicine".